Some quotes about technology and software I collected from the web and other sources.

• If it’s not on fire then it’s a software problem
• Any sufficient advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke
• Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. – Murphy’s Laws
• To err is human, but it takes a computer to really screw things up
• If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed to be replaced anyway
• The person who smiles when bad things happen knows who to blame it on
• When all else fails, read the instructions
• A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do
• If wires can be connected in two different ways, the first way blows the fuse
• Do not look into the laser with remaining eye! – warning message on the side of lab laser
• Who’s General Failure & why’s he reading my disk?
• Error: Keyboard not attached. Press F1 to continue.
• Fast. Powerful. User-friendly. Now choose any two – Eric Daniels
• Sometimes just a few hours of trial and error debugging can save minutes of reading manuals
• He who laughs last probably made a back up
• Hardware is the part of a computer that can be kicked, if all you can do is swear at it, then it must be software
• Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live
• Smith & Wesson… the original Point-N-Click interface – Neil Mohammed
• Computers don’t make mistakes… What they do they do on purpose! – King of the Hill
• There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don’t believe this to be a coincidence – Jeremy S. Anderson
• If brute force doesn’t solve your problem, you’re just not using enough
• The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
• Just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you SHOULD
• Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself
• If for some reason Murphy’s Law fails to operate, it is building up for something big.